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since known to the whites, besides discussing to some extent the resour- 
ces of the countries a inhabit. The work is illustrated by maps, and 
by sketches on ston the natives, part of which are colored. The 
subject is to a featordda extent a novel one, and abounds in details 
of interest to the general reader as well as the ethnographer 
. Contributions to the Physical Geography of South Eastern 
Asia and Australia; by G. W. Eart. 48 pp. 8vo., with ama 
, but 
without many details by way of evidence, ora full display of precise 
ao in illustration of his subjects 
c=] 
at the session in 1853. . 8vo., 18538.—" report announces 
the commencement of a Geological jot of Illinois. The investiga- 
tions promise to be well carried out under the direction and labors o 
value, as nee of iron, coal, mines of lead, building ston tc. Its 
fossil remains are in ‘sap — and of high interest, ave already 
rich sollectioke have bee 
24. American Handbook - the peli ay te giving the most ap- 
the 
proved and convenient methods for preparin chemicals and 
combinations used i rt, and containing tbe Daguerreotype, Elec- 
trotype, and various other processes employed in taking Heliographic 
Impressions; by 8. D. Humpnrey. pp-12mo. New York, 1853.- 
Much practical ogi is embraced in this little work and it will 
be valued by thos snranaied in the art of which it treats. Some of the 
chemistry poise pecans a revision. 
RNAL OF Unrrep States AGRIGULTURAL bi a Published Quarterly. 
Jour ine 
Ni ws July, 5: eg ., 8vo. Philadelphia, 18 
* wie Gazerre; edit eng: ohn. Davis, M.D., Practising Phy- 
fs Has 
sida Pablahe d nth $1,00 per annum. Vo 1. I, No. 1, September, 1853, pp. 32. 
E 
American Corron Pianter ; A Monthly J ournal devoted to Improved Plan- 
ation Economy, Manufactures, and the Mechaite rts; edi N. B. Cloud, M.D., 
La Bn ee a tsi ores a uar ssu thly at $1 per y 
and mo 
Quarterly Journal publis shed under the direction of 
the Chaska per Selena oanty ms al Society, Pennsylvania. No.1. Septe 
ber, 1S 32 pp. 8vo. $1 per ani : 
bet RT Aa’ Base ISH Assoctarion gy 1852 diag: 1853. 
of Cassel, Germany.— —The number of expensively illus- 
trated ‘inti weeks published by Mr. T. Fister, lead us to mention his name 
in this place. Among the works issued by e the following :—Dunker — yon 
ley: i Weber's TTerlirflora der niede rrheinischen 
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oorum Primordia; L. sates Symbole a ad 
Histor. Heliceorum; Menke u. Pfeiffer’s eis, f. Malacozoologie ; L. Pfeiffer’s Bli- 
hender Cacteen ; ib. Monographia Pneumonopomorum viventium, ete. 
